Ba zan iya ƙidaya lokuta ba, a cikin shekarun da suka wuce, cewa bayan wasu sababbin abokai masu fushi za su kira ni su tambaye ni, "Me ya faru da Christopher Hitchens?" - binciken da aka yi kan wasu canje-canjen da ake zaton ya faru a Hitchens, wanda galibi ana tsammanin ya fara ne a lokacin da ya yi ƙoƙarin sanya abokinsa na kud da kud da Blumenthal a kurkuku saboda zargin ƙarya. Amsata ita ce, Christopher ya kasance kusan kunshin iri ɗaya tun farkon - koyaushe yana ba da damar ɓarnawar entropy yayin da shekaru suka shuɗe.
Kamar yadda sau da yawa tare da abokai da tsoffin abokai, batun abin da kuka shirya don jurewa da kuma tsawon lokacin da kuke yi. Na sadu da shi a New York a farkon 1980s kuma duk dogon lokaci na siyasa da kuma halayen mutum sun kasance a bayyane sosai. Ban taba tunaninsa a matsayin mai tsattsauran ra'ayi ba. Ya yi sha'awar zama mai ciki, halin da ya kai ga bayyana lokacin da daraktan Tsaron Cikin Gida na Bush, Michael Chertoff ya rantsar da shi a matsayin dan Amurka.
A cikin ilimin falsafa koyaushe ya kasance a gare ni ya riƙe a matsayin babban jigon sa mai zurfi a cikin abubuwan warkewa na jari-hujja da daular. Ya kasance ɗan tuta na ilhami kuma ya kasance haka. Ya rubuta wasu abubuwa masu ban tsoro a farkon 90s game da yadda ƴan asalin ƙasar - Indiyawa a cikin Amurka - babu makawa za a birgima da ƙafafun Ci gaban kuma bai kamata a yi baƙin ciki ba.
A cikin jirgin saman ginshiƙai na mako-mako a ƙarshen shekarun tamanin da casa'in, galibi ya zama kamar batun abin da ke damunsa a halin yanzu: tsawon shekaru a cikin 1980s ya rubuta ginshiƙai masu yawa ga The Nation, yana zargin cewa 'yan Republican sun saci zaɓe na 1980 ta hanyar. da "Oktoba abin mamaki", yana hana Carter fa'idar sakin garkuwa. Ya samu ban sha'awa. Sa'an nan a cikin 90s ya samu kudan zuma a cikin kwarjinsa game da Clinton wanda ya zama cikakkiyar megalomania mai ban sha'awa: mafarkin cewa shi, Hitchens, zai kasance wanda zai kwace lokaci kuma ya ƙare Bill. Me ya sa Bill - mai himma da ƙwazo na Daular - ya dami Hitchens sosai? Ban tabbata ba. Ya kasance yana nuni da cewa Clinton ta nuna kyama ga wasu mata da shi, Hitchens, ya sani. A gaskiya ina tsammanin zai kai ga wannan lokacin a rayuwa lokacin da yake tambayar kansa ko zai iya kawo canji. A fili ya yi tunanin zai iya, don haka ya zarce hanyarsa ta hanyar Rubicon na kansa kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya hambarar da Clinton ta hanyar cin amanar abokantakarsa da Sid Blumenthal, wanda ya yi iya ƙoƙarinsa don lalata kuɗi (kuɗin lauyoyi) kuma a tura shi kurkuku. don yin rantsuwa.
Tun daga wannan lokacin duk abin ya kasance mai kyan gani, har zuwa matsayinsa na flagwagger ga Bush. Ina tsammanin mafi ƙanƙanta na ƙananan maki shine lokacin da ya je Fadar White House don yin jawabi mai ban sha'awa a jajibirin mamayewar 2003 na Iraki. Ina tsammanin ya san da dadewa, tun kafin wannan shine inda zai ƙare, a matsayin codger na dama. Ya kasance yana ci gaba, a cikin shekarun tamanin, game da tsofaffin tarkace irin su John Braine, wanda ya ƙare ko kaɗan inda Hitchens ya isa, yana yin ƙaho game da "Islamo-fascism" kamar wani Kanar Cheltenham a cikin wani tsohon zane mai ban dariya na Punch. Na kasance ina gargaɗi abokaina a New Left Review da Verso a farkon 90s waɗanda suke farin cikin samun kuɗi daga littattafan Hitchens na Mother Teresa da makamantansu cewa ya kamata su kula, amma ba su yi ba sannan suka ci gaba da tambaya bayan shekaru goma. , Me ya faru?
Duk da haka dai, a tsakanin su biyun, tausayina koyaushe yana tare da Mother Teresa. Idan kana zaune a cikin tsumma a cikin magudanar ruwa a Bombay, wa zai iya ba ka kwano na miya? Za ku sami ɗaya daga Mother Teresa. Hitchens koyaushe yana takure tare da mabarata, kamar dai yadda Fabians ƴan iska ne waɗanda suka yi watsi da sadaka.
Wata muguwar dama ta bangaren Hitchens ita ce shawarar da ya yanke na kai wa Edward Said hari kafin mutuwarsa, sannan kuma don kyakkyawan ma'auni a cikin mutuwarsa. Da harin da ya kai wa Edward, musamman ma na karshe bayan mutuwar mutane, Hitchens ba zai iya ko da'awar raina shugabancin cin hanci da rashawa, mai fyade da maƙaryaci ko duk wani abu da ya kira Clinton ba. Wannan harin na ƙarshe da aka kai wa Said na hankali ne kawai—wanda ya ƙara rura wutar hare-haren nasa amma wannan ya fi girma saboda babu wata babbar ƙa'ida da za a iya ɗauka. Anan ya yanke shawarar duka biyun ya yi farin ciki da sunan tsohon abokin nasa, yana tuno ƴan lokutan da suka bayyana a sarari cewa yana da kusanci da mutumin, kuma ya sanya kansa a tsakiyar abin da ake tabo ta hanyar ɗaukar tsohon abokin nasa kaɗan. A cikin aiki na mummunan motsi, wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi muni. Ya kuma zagaya kan Gore Vidal wanda ya yi abubuwa da yawa don inganta aikinsa a matsayin dauphin na contrarianism.
Ya ba da lakabin "contrarian", amma idan kalmar tana da wata tsoka, tabbas dole ne ta nuna ra'ayi mai haɗari. Hitchens bai taɓa rubuta wani abu da gaske ba wanda ke nuna rashin jin daɗi ga ra'ayi mai mutuntawa kuma idan yana da ba zai taɓa jin daɗin dogon billet a Vanity Fair ba. Kai hari ga Allah? An yi manyan yaƙe-yaƙe a kan wannan batu ɗaya, biyu, har ma da shekaru ɗari biyar da suka wuce lokacin da suka ƙone Giordano Bruno a kan gungumen azaba a Campo de' Fiore. Wanda ya sabawa kwanakin nan zai zama wanda yayi jayayya da gaske akan samuwar fiyayyen halitta. Ya kasance don yakin Amurka. Ina tsammanin yana da inganci akan Isra'ila/Palestine, amma a can ma ya gyara. Kamfanin dillancin labaran yahudawa ya ba da sanarwar abokantaka, yana mai lura da cewa "duk da kin amincewa da ka'idodin addini, Hitchens zai ba da ma'anar gaya wa masu tambayoyin cewa bisa ga halacha, Bayahude ne" tare da lura da shawararsa cewa Walt da Mearsheimer na iya zama masu adawa da Yahudawa. , da kuma zagon kasa da ya yi na wani kwale-kwale na masu fafutuka masu goyon bayan Falasdinu da ke da nufin keta shingen da Isra'ila ta yi a zirin Gaza. (Dan uwansa Peter da sauran masu bincike sun kasance suna cewa dangane da zuriyar jini, Yahudanci na yaran Hitchens ya kasance siriri sosai kuma ya fadi nesa ba kusa da ma'anar dokokin Nuremberg ba. A koyaushe ina jin daɗin fashewar Noam Chomsky a gare ni lokacin da Christopher ya sanar a Grand Street. cewa shi Bayahude: “Daga gaba da Yahudawa zuwa Bayahude mai kyamar kai, duk a rana daya.”).
A matsayinsa na marubuci littafansa suna da iyaka. A cikin maganganu masu ban mamaki da muhawara ya kasance mai sauri a kan ƙafafunsa. Na tuna da yawancin zaman raha na shekaru da suka gabata, a farkon zamaninsa a The Nation. Na sami ƙungiyar Hitchens na 'yan shekarun nan gaba ɗaya ta zama abin ban mamaki. Ya jimre wahalarsa ta ƙarshe tare da tara, matarsa Carol ta ci gaba da yi masa wuya.
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